Parents' feelings and ways of coping with the placement of a child in neonatology

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of this research was to evaluate and analyze the emotional impact it has on the parents of the newborn (RN) admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). For this purpose, a qualitative study was carried out; the sample of the study was saturated when it was reached 15 responses to 15 parents of children who are interned. For the collection of information, the in-depth interview was used, which is a technique based on conversational play. Two moments were established: First moment: a table is presented with the main feelings, and experiences lived and reported by the parents and the coping
strategies identified as used. Second moment: The construct of categories that agglutinate the concepts and ideas force that interpret and analyze the phenomenon under study. they were organized around the two questions of the investigation: Question 1: Three thematic categories were built force: concern
and sadness, uncertainty and Impotence, acceptance. Question 2: Four thematic strength categories were built: emotional support networks, institutional resources, religious beliefs, learning. Results The feelings of parents with children hospitalized in UTIN, according to experience lived were of sadness, uncertainty and acceptance and recognized ways of coping were: Means of support, Institutional resources, Religiosity and Learning. We can conclude that, the emotional impact that parents go through is determined by the situation that is becoming evident rather than by the exclusive factors of the child.